it dawns on me
after a comment I left at Tam’s that my ASE certification is due for retirement.
I took it, after all, in the wee early 1980’s, you had to be certed to work on certain mobile stuff which was part of my apprenticeship. Hell, had I stayed there ( I was not yet 21 when I hired in) I would be retired now. Of course my lungs would be black as the bowels of hell, my mind messed up (well, in different ways than it is now) and my back probably broken.
Quite a few of the guys I worked with at the time are now dead and gone, young healthy guys with good minds. Glad I got out when I did.
I haven’t had need to get the ASE recerts but I don’t think it would be that hard. When i did the certs originally they didn’t have fuel injection for gasoline vehicles nor any electronic controls, and the engine emissions cert was a thing of the future.
Guess I’ll put the card back in my dresser.
Well, I don’t know about ASE, but I have been told that I’m certifiable!
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
I googled something about headbolt specs and ended up at an online ASE test, one of those prep courses.
Sent a link to my brother, a more experinced backyard mechanic than myself.
He aced it. His helper at work came close. I did like 80%.
Surprised all of us.
It’s not like anybody ever asked for our certs to work on their cars.
I’m sure the same is true for you.
Lord knows.
Certs are good. But that word of mouth can really fill up the driveway.
Painfully, it does. I have tons of projects and the “Could you look at my”… just keeps adding up.